Brace, Julia

First identified deaf-blind person in America to receive any attempt at education. Resident of Glastonbury, CT; became deaf and blind at about age 4 1/2 from long-term typhus fever. Progressively lost her ability to speak, and eventually entered the American Asylum for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb at Hartford, CT around 1820, where she learned sign language and lived for many years, performing various small duties.